Mr. Puroshothaman quotes ‘Abdu'-l Bahá, Who said, “The reality of man is his thought, not his material body.” He went on to say, “If a man’s thought is constantly aspiring towards heavenly subjects then does he become saintly; if on the other hand his thought does not soar, but is directed downwards to centre itself upon the things of this world, he grows more and more material until he arrives at a state little better than that of a mere animal” In the past one hundred years humanity has passed through a crucial turning point. Only as humanity comes to understand the implications of what occurred during this period of history will it be able to meet the challenges that lie ahead. The value of the contribution we as Bahá’ís can make to the process demands that we ourselves grasp the significance of the historic transformation wrought by the twentieth century.